Chapter 185 - 185

Shiny floors, tall walls and golden details. A bright sun and many people running around with smiles, bowing and welcoming them as they stood at the palace's entrance. Allias stared all around him, at their face, at their expressions and frowned. He didn't want to be there. He walked passed all the servants greeting him waving them to leave him alone and he sighed. He shouldn't have listened to them, the moment he stepped his foot inside he felt restrained once more. 

"My King, should we prepare a dinner for all of you?" a young girl stopped in front of him. 

"No." he simply told her and she looked at him with a look that was filled with questions. "Do whatever the hell you want don't ask me. I will be going out." He said and began unbuttoning his shirt as he headed towards his living room. The maid had been left alone, staring not knowing what to do. 

He opened his door and was ready to close it when Theseus' hand blocked him, entering the room too. Another sigh escaped his lips as he saw the man getting undressed. He took slow steps towards the agitated king and tried to hug him, wrapping his arms around his waist but Allias escaped his caring lock by slapping them away. Theseus was shocked, his arms levitating for a few seconds before his brain commanded them to fall back down. 

"Where will you go?" Theseus asked him, as he watched his lover reveal his naked body and then get dressed again, clothes simple signaling that he was planning to go out and actually not get recognized. He wore a loose white shirt and a pair of brown pants, a beige cape with a hood landing elegantly on his shoulders. 

"It's none of your business." He replied as he opened his drawer, taking out a few coins that he shoved in his pocket. He didn't want to meet his eyes. Everyone kept looking at him, all the time, every second and he was getting sick of it. He wanted to leave this place, go somewhere where he wouldn't get scanned from head to toe, where he wouldn't have to face those questioning looks. 

"It is my business. We need to visit the doctor and find a way to fix this. Your people, they will start to suspect things. Allias! Listen to me" Theseus called out loudly his name, wanting to get his attention but the King did not seem to get disturbed at all. He kept fixing his cape and once he was done, realizing he looked fine, he headed towards the door. "Stop." Theseus told him and grabbed his arm, giving it a good squeeze. 

Allias raised his head, his green eyes filled with disgust before his lips parted, as he was getting ready to talk. He pulled his hand away and gave the general a slight push, not wanting to cause a scene. He was aware that they would try to restrain him if he made a fuss so he was trying really hard to restrain himself. 

"Don't touch me. Who said you can touch me? And no, I won't stop I need to leave. I am sick of you people just looking at me all the time like I am some kind of endangered animal. I am sick of it. I shouldn't have come here. It's annoying, all of you are." He stated and his palm twisted the cold doorknob. 

"Allias please. Listen to me. I am begging you. We need to fix this. We need to fix you"

"There is nothing to be fixed!" He screamed, his hands forming fists. "I am perfectly fine. I feel free for once, not choking myself with worry and guilt. I am doing fine so don't you even dare to try anything. I will kill you." He threatened him. Theseus' lips twisted downwards, and his gaze centered to the floor. 

"Kill me?" he asked, not fully believed the words he had heard. 

"Yes, so leave me be. If you value your life. You are useless to me now. Not being able to fight and all" he said and yawned, placing his hands in his pockets and he began walking. He heard Theseus' footsteps realizing that the man would not give up. He was following him, he thought and clicked his tongue. It was especially agitating but he tried not to let it get to him. He stopped for a second and heard his steps stop too. Stupid, he mumbled as he teleported, disappearing, leaving behind him only a golden smoke. 

The general drew in a deep breath, his chest puffing before he let everything out. He was getting really tired with all these ups and downs. He had never faced so many difficulties all at once, not in all those years he had to fight. Every day was a struggle now, the moments that were good could be counted on one hand, he thought as he walked towards the doctor's quarters. Maybe he was the problem. He was doing something wrong, maybe he shouldn't be here. He had considered that, more and more as their struggles kept increasing. Maybe Allias was truly fine like this. He doesn't need you. A vicious voice whispered in his ear. He shook his head, trying to push away those troubling thoughts. There was no point in overthinking. Allias had to be fixed. It was that simple, things would get back to normal after that. 

He repeated that many times in his head as he knocked on the doctor's door, entering his room to see him dived in a pile of papers, his glasses slowly drifting away from his old face. 

"I am sorry to bother you but I need your help, the king needs it" he said and the man looked at him with a kind smile, signaling him to sit down. 

"I know; rumors are already spreading that there is something wrong with him." Th doctor said and Theseus felt like punching the table. He had to take care of that too now. What else did he have to do? He was tired, so tired. "care to tell me what is going on?" he asked and the man nodded, explaining the situation, with every single detail he could remember. Even the slightest ones and the doctor while he was listening he took notes and nodded his head. 

"Is there anything we can do?" he asked when he was finished, after a while of talking. 

"Well, yes I think there might be a way but…" the doctor began saying when Ares burst through the door, sweaty and with red cheeks, his breath ratchet as he tried to speak.

"We…we have a problem. Allias killed someone!" He said.